Bill Text: TX SB1127 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain members of the state military forces to participate in the state group benefits program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Finance [SB1127 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1127-Introduced.html
87R1602 RDS-F | ||
By: Powell | S.B. No. 1127 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain members of the state | ||
military forces to participate in the state group benefits program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.212(f), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(f) A member of the state military forces who is not a | ||
full-time or part-time state employee and who has been on state | ||
active duty or on state training or other duty for more than 60 | ||
consecutive days is, notwithstanding Section 1551.1055, Insurance | ||
Code, eligible to participate in the state group benefits program | ||
under Chapter 1551, Insurance Code, and is considered to be a | ||
full-time state employee for the purposes of that chapter, | ||
including the receipt of a full state contribution for insurance | ||
coverage, subject to Subsection (f-1) and the following | ||
requirements: | ||
(1) the participant must be a member of the state | ||
military forces at the time of enrollment in the group benefits | ||
program; and | ||
(2) an application under this subsection for insurance | ||
coverage must be submitted in accordance with procedures | ||
established by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 437.212(f), Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to an application for insurance coverage | ||
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | ||
submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |